Healing Injuries

Yichen was injured and had difficulty moving, so he was extra careful when practicing immortal Senjutsu. Fortunately, the cultivation of Sage Mode emphasizes stillness rather than movement, so the impact was not significant. After spending more time preparing than usual, Yichen successfully entered Sage Mode.

After entering Sage Mode, Yichen could clearly feel that Senjutsu Chakra was slowly repairing his damaged body.

After Yichen entered Sage Mode, Nakata Hajime, the head of the Medical Department who came to the Senjutsu Training Center with Yichen Chen, began to examine Yichen's body continuously.

"Incredible, Consultant Yichen. In Sage Mode, your body seems to be constantly being healed by a weakened version of Mystical Palm Technique. And what's more effective than Mystical Palm Technique is that this healing is systemic. The Senjutsu Chakra is even autonomously adjusting the parts of your body that were twisted by the heavy blows."

"Originally, I estimated it would take at least a month for your injuries to fully recover, and during that month you couldn't do any strenuous exercise. After a month, you would need to undergo some rehabilitation training to regain your previous fighting ability. But at this rate, I think you can recover in less than five days, and you won't even need any rehabilitation training."

Yichen was overjoyed to hear this. "Excellent!" he thought. "My choice to cultivate Senjutsu first instead of developing my Kekkei Genkai was indeed the right one."

The Senjutsu have been of great help to Yichen, most importantly, Senjutsu have been subtly and continuously improving his physical strength. As Nakata Hajime said in the hospital room, Yichen 'Yichen physical strength is now much better than before.

Yichen's physical talent was not high, so Senjutsu seemed to make up for this shortcoming, allowing Yichen 'Yichen body to no longer limit his growth.

Of course, Yichen's improved physical strength also has the factors of Kekkei Genkai and Kekkei Tōta.

As expected, the initial decision was correct. The greatest benefit of Sage Mode is not its explosive power during battle, but rather its ability to modify the body in daily life. In the original story, Naruto Uzumaki Jiraiya's methods were wrong; the methods of the three Sages from the Three Great Sage Locations were the true path.

Equating Sage Mode with combat power is a waste of its potential.

Over the next five days, Yichen continuously entered Sage Mode to recover himself while also organizing his gains from this experience.

This time, they obtained some Ninjutsu that were not found in the village, as well as some Ninjutsu that were more complete than those recorded in the village. Yichen needs to spend time organizing these Ninjutsu.

Such opportunities to learn from other countries' experiences are rare. During a normal Ninja World War, no country's ninjas would carry so many Ninjutsu Scroll. The Mist ninja didn't expect to be wiped out this time, otherwise they wouldn't have brought so many items with them.

Many of the scrolls that Yichen seized from the Mist ninja were actually rewards given to them by the Mist ninja Kirigakure for their meritorious service in the last Ninja World War. In the end, these things all benefited the Iwagakure.

Aside from these scrolls, Yichen handed over most of the items, including the Uchiha Gunbai, the Sharingan, and the White Zetsu clone.

However, Yichen also left behind a few things, one of which was the Ninja Blade he obtained from Madara Uchiha. Yichen himself was not a close-combat ninja, but among his many disciples, some were. Yichen left behind two of these Ninja Blades.

Yichen handed one of them to Kawakita.

Kawakita's natural talent lies in swordsmanship, but the Iwa ninja didn't have much experience in this area back then, so his development was slower than his two companions, Tomoko and Kajiyamari. However, later Yichen took him to Amegakure to find Hanzo, and under Hanzo's guidance, Kawakita Wind Release: Breakthrough his limitations and found his own path.

In the past two years, Kawakita's strength has improved rapidly. Among the three disciples of Yichen's first team, Kawakita has made a remarkable comeback. His strength now surpasses that of Chiko and Kajiyama, and he is considered one of the top Jonin in Iwagakure.

Furthermore, in the past two years, Kawakita has developed quite a few C-rank Sword Technique and several B-rank Sword Techniques, and he is beginning to show the style of the number one swordsman in Iwagakure.

It would be perfect to give Madara Uchiha's long sword to Kawakita.

Yichen handed the other longsword to Takuya.

Takuya is also a close-combat ninja. Although he doesn't primarily use swordsmanship, his speed makes him a perfect match for a long sword. So, giving another long sword to Takuya is quite appropriate.

Speaking of which, Yichen learned Sword Qi from Kawakita, which gave him a powerful close-combat attack method in the early stages.

Meanwhile, Takuya's teacher, Yichen, also learned a lot.

Takuya is currently developing and perfecting a set of close-combat techniques, a skill for dodging and weaving at close range. Yichen has been paying close attention, occasionally offering suggestions, and making improvements to suit his own needs by incorporating his own gravity.

Although Takuya are not yet fully developed, Yichen was able to gain the upper hand in his battle against Obito Uchiha thanks in part to this technique.

Aside from these external things, Yichen spent the most time on these days was Madara Uchiha's Ninjutsu experience. Madara Uchiha was the closest being to Sage in the Ninja World since the mythical era, and Yichen valued his Ninjutsu experience very much.

The Ninjutsu experience given by White Zetsu seemed very ordinary to White Zetsu, as it did not involve the more advanced Yin-Yang Release and only described common Ninjutsu. However, it was still very valuable to Yichen.

These past few days, Yichen has often taken it out to look at it. While he doesn't gain anything every time, it has at least opened up a new avenue for his Ninjutsu training.

Yichen had a feeling that if he spent some more time reorganizing the Ninjutsu he had learned, many Ninjutsu that could no longer be simplified could be further simplified.

Not only that, Yichen calculated that after thoroughly understanding this Ninjutsu experience, the power of the same Ninjutsu would be significantly greater when using the same amount of Chakra.

However, during this period, because he was recuperating from his injuries, all his Senjutsu Chakra was used to heal, so Yichen didn't have a chance to practice.

Yichen didn't know was that he wasn't the only one who felt this way; Ōnoki, Ikura, and the Jonin who had been allowed by Ōnoki to read this Ninjutsu experience all felt the same way.

However, Yichen's biggest gain during his recovery period was not these things, but Sage Mode. In the past few days, because Senjutsu Chakra was used to heal his injuries, Yichen needed to repeatedly extract Chakra and enter Sage Mode, so his proficiency in Sage Mode greatly improved.

Perhaps due to using Senjutsu Chakra to heal his injuries, Yichen's affinity for Natural Energy has also greatly increased.

In just five days, Yichen felt his Sage Mode had improved rapidly. This gave Yichen an impulse: should he find someone to beat him half to death again?

Five days later, Yichen's injuries were fully recovered. After greeting Ōnoki, the Anbu guarding Yichen disbanded one after another, and Iwagakure finally lifted its state of alert.

At this moment, Yichen proposed to go to the Land of Rivers.

Ōnoki was speechless at Yichen's constant activity, but he didn't object. He just advised Yichen not to trust foreign ninjas too much.

Yichen wanted to take advantage of the Obito Uchiha Nagato, so he could have a good talk with the three members of Akatsuki Organization.

This time, Yichen did not fly directly to the Land of Rivers using the Light-Weight Rock Technique, but instead went to the Land of Rain, which is located between the Land of Rivers and the Land of Earth.

Intelligence indicates that Danzo of Konoha has been causing trouble in the Land of Rain recently, and under Danzo's influence, Hanzo also seems to be becoming restless.

Yichen couldn't quite understand Hanzo now. Why was he clinging to power so tightly?

Despite possessing power unmatched by anyone in the Land of Rain, you can't even fully control the armed forces of a single nation. And yet you still dream of expanding your sphere of influence?

When the Akatsuki Organization rose to power in the Land of Rain, Hanzo relied on Konoha to maintain his authority. After the Akatsuki Organization left, he relied on Iwagakure. Now that Danzo has become more assertive, Hanzo wants to rely on Konoha again.

Yichen didn't understand the use of power obtained through the support of others.

However, since Danzo in the Land of Rain and Hanzo is restless, Yichen naturally cannot enter the Amegakure as openly as he did last time.

Yichen circled around the outskirts of Amegakure a few times, made contact with the intelligence ninja in the Land of Rain, and learned about the progress of Danzo and Hanzo's cooperation.

According to intelligence, Hanzo seems to have reached some agreements with Konoha, and there has been frequent contact between Rain Village and Konoha ninja recently. The number of Konoha ninja on missions within the Land of Rain has also increased significantly.

"Hanzo, oh Hanzo," Yichen shook his head as he looked at Amegakure, "He clearly lacks both strength and skill, yet he still foolishly indulges in his ambitions."

Then, without lingering in the Land of Rain, Yichen flew directly towards the Land of Rivers.

Originally, Yichen's next stop was the River Ninja Village, but when Yichen flew to the border of the Land of Rain near the Land of Rivers, he suddenly spotted a familiar figure below.

"Juzo Biwa?"

The one who attracted Yichen's attention in mid-air was none other than Juzo Biwa, one of the original Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. After the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were defeated by Might Duy, Juzo Biwa did not return to Kirigakure with Suikazan Fuguki, but instead chose to defect.

Yichen didn't pay attention to the whereabouts of Juzo Biwa after his defection. Juzo Biwa didn't have much presence in the original work; his only role was to save Itachi Uchiha's life by blocking a Tailed Beast Bomb with his own.

Yichen strongly suspected that Juzo Biwa was under Itachi Uchiha's Genjutsu at that time. Otherwise, why would a missing-nin who was terrified do such a foolish thing?

Either they were controlled by Itachi Uchiha's Genjutsu, or they were killed off by the script.

Yichen never expected to encounter Juzo Biwa here, and after thinking about it, he flew down.

Juzo Biwa's strength was only that of Elite Jonin. He couldn't notice Yichen in the sky when he wasn't paying attention, but when Yichen descended, he still noticed that something was wrong.

Holding his Kubikiribōchō horizontally, Juzo Biwa a low shout, "Who goes there?"

His first thought was that the Mist Ninja Anbu were chasing after him, so he first observed whether there was any mist in the surroundings and whether there was any unusual activity in the water.

After observing for a while, Juzo Biwa didn't find anything unusual. After a while, he noticed that the light in the air to his side was a bit strange.

Seeing that he had been discovered by Juzo Biwa, Yichen stopped hiding and immediately dispelled his Camouflage Jutsu.

"Light-Weight Rock Technique, is that Iwa ninja? You are... You are the Fox of Stone - Yichen?" Juzo Biwa was originally Elite Jonin Mist ninja, so he was naturally familiar with information about the various strong figures in the Ninja World, and thus guessed Yichen's identity immediately.

Yichen was taken aback. He was very familiar with Juzo Biwa; to be precise, he was very familiar with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

A long time ago, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist helped him obtain a Byakugan, and recently they helped him obtain four more Ninja Blade. However, during both of these operations, Yichen remained hidden in the shadows, and Juzo Biwa had no idea that someone else was taking advantage of them. Therefore, Juzo Biwa did not recognize Yichen.

Realizing what had happened, Yichen quickly adjusted his mindset. That's right, he wasn't familiar with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist; he shouldn't let it slip.

"You recognize me? Holding the Executioner's Blade, you must be Juzo Biwa, one of the original Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, right? I heard that four of your Seven Ninja Swordsmen were killed by a Konoha genin, and one defected. Tell me about that Konoha genin."

Realizing what was happening, Yichen quickly made up an excuse.